Once a high school dropout, grad inspires MPS students to achieve
James Sokolowski battled through challenges to get his GED and eventually a master’s. Now he’s helping others by leading the M3 Early College program.
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Mobile Design Box exhibit highlights UWM pop-up gallery’s impact
UWM’s Mobile Design Box is wrapping up a three-year run at its latest stop with an exhibit that showcases the pop-up gallery’s partnership with community partners as well as promising signs of neighborhood revitalization.
UWM researcher studies importance of diversity in recruiting, retaining teachers
Teachers of color are more likely to leave their schools than white teachers. Combatting that problem can help close Wisconsin’s wide achievement gaps for students, Curtis Jones says.
Hollywood’s gender pay inequity: $1 million per film, UWM researcher finds
It’s even worse for Hollywood superstars, UWM labor economist John Heywood, found: more than $2.4 million.
Amid city’s grit, grad maps wild underwater world of Milwaukee’s estuary
Brennan Dow is finding and documenting the habitats of fish and other creatures where Lake Michigan meets the rivers flowing through the city.
Mathematics alum works on nation’s nuclear safety
Sean Breckling has a career that he didn’t even imagine existed when he graduated from UWM. He’s part of a team that works to keep the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile safe.
Telling Milwaukee’s story through architecture
UWM School of Architecture faculty marked the 50th anniversary of the school by picking the most important structures built in Milwaukee during each decade since the school was established in 1969.
Computer science students cap off studies with real-life experience
UWM computer science students and Northwestern Mutual are teaming up on a project that benefits both.
Miles of smiles light up the Class of 2019
The UWM Panther Arena hardly needed illumination on Sunday. The wattage from the smiles of some 2,100 graduates and thousands of friends and family lit up the place just as well.
Study finds surprising links between domestic abuse and the stock market
Investors’ stock market losses may increase the incidence of violent crime, according to a study by a UWM researcher. But surprisingly, stock market gains may also increase violence — just among non-investors.